Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission - Damian. D. Dodo, SAN presents a gift to Dr Dalhatu Tafida

Nigeria is planning a total overhaul of the country’s lottery system in order to create wealth, according to Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs - Kabiru Taminu Turaki.

Turaki made the disclosure when he led a delegation that paid a courtesy call on Nigeria's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom - Dr Dalhatu Sarki Tafida.

The delegation were in the UK to meet with operators including Camelot, regulators and agents of the National Lottery with a view to imbibing their methods and strategies to improve the operations of Nigeria's National Lottery.

Turaki estimated that the lottery business in Nigeria would fetch the government about N500 billion in revenues in the next five to ten years.

Tafida, in response to a question by one of the delegates noted that some government officials are refused visas to the United Kingdom because they do not apply in good time, leaving no room to meet the full requirements of the foreign diplomatic missions.